Kid-friendly lamb skewer restaurant in Paju Unjeong: Sannaemaeul

Last weekend, after finishing dinner with my family, I wanted a light second round, so we headed to 'Yang Kkochi & Qingdao' in Unjeong's Sannaemaeul neighborhood!

Honestly, yang kkochi (lamb skewers) is one of those menus I hesitate to bring kids to because of the distinctive smell! But at this place we happened to drop into, I was shocked at how well the kids ate. They even dipped the skewers generously in cumin salt and loved it. This is the real-deal Sannaemaeul spot that got a thumbs-up even from elementary schoolers for being smell-free and tender — let me walk through everything from parking to the menu!

Where is Sannaemaeul Yang Kkochi & Qingdao, and what are its hours and parking?

Sannaemaeul Yang Kkochi & Qingdao is located at 573 Chaekhyanggi-ro, World Tower 3, 2nd floor, Room 205, Paju-si, Gyeonggi-do. Hours are 15:30 to 1:00 the next day, closed every Monday, and also closed on September 25 for Chuseok. We were told to use the World Tower 2 parking lot.

Sannaemaeul Yang Kkochi & Qingdao

• 📍 Location: 경기도 파주시 책향기로 573 월드타워3 2층 205호
• ⏰ Hours: 15:30–1:00 (next day)
• 📅 Regular closed day: Every Monday, closed Sep 25 for Chuseok
• 🚗 Parking: World Tower 2 parking lot

We parked at the World Tower 3 lot and took the elevator up to the 2nd floor!

Weekend night on the 2nd floor: the room and how ordering works

Even though Sannaemaeul Yang Kkochi & Qingdao is on the 2nd floor, it was packed with weekend evening customers, and they even had a waiting machine set up. Each table has a tablet ordering kiosk, so we ordered 1 yang kkochi and 1 lamb rib meat skewer.

I was so surprised — even being a 2nd-floor restaurant, it was full of customers! It was popular enough that the floor location didn't matter at all haha. And they had a proper waiting machine too! I guess once a place is word-of-mouth famous, the floor number doesn't matter!!

We sat down and looked at the menu! Each table had a tablet ordering kiosk, and we ordered 1 yang kkochi and 1 lamb rib meat skewer!

A lamb skewer place with a full Chinese menu

The menu at Sannaemaeul Yang Kkochi & Qingdao also includes Chinese dishes like mala xiang guo, fish-fragrant eggplant, and smashed cucumber. It's a lamb skewer place, but it turns out they have everything you'd find at a Chinese restaurant — apparently a hidden Chinese food spot in Paju too?

Four side dishes and the free stir-fried bean sprouts

The 4 basic side dishes that came out! Radish salad, roasted peanuts, pickled onion, and the crunchy Chinese-style pickled vegetable often served at Chinese restaurants — jjachai!

Even before our ordered dishes arrived, this generous free bean sprout stir-fry showed up! Salty and spicy, it was the perfect appetizer to kick up our appetite!! I was touched by the owner's generosity piling it up like a mountain, and doubly impressed by the smoky, crunchy flavor 😍😍

Yang kkochi and lamb rib meat skewers turning over the charcoal

Finally, today's star!! The yang kkochi and lamb rib meat skewers came out with a perfect meat-to-fat ratio! Bright red and full of freshness! Looking at how cleanly they'd been prepped, with zero gamy smell, I was already drooling before they even started grilling lol

Turning and turning on the strong charcoal fire, the fat rendering away as they grilled to a golden brown!! Were these kids really just fed dinner earlier.... they kept begging to eat faster while watching them cook 😅 The yang kkochi and lamb rib meat skewers spun automatically and cooked up deliciously! Soaked in charcoal aroma, they looked more and more mouthwatering the longer they grilled haha.

Regular yang kkochi or lamb rib meat skewer — which do kids prefer?

Regular yang kkochi: golden brown and crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside with juicy, clean flavor packed in! No gamy smell at all, and the more you chew, the more savory flavor spreads through your mouth — a textbook taste that anyone, any age, can enjoy without complaint haha.

Lamb rib meat skewer: I ordered this to feed the kids, and it's much more tender and moist than the regular yang kkochi, practically melting the moment it hits your mouth! The fat-to-meat ratio is fantastic, giving you rich juiciness and deep flavor — a cheat-code menu item that even had the kids, who'd never tried lamb before or are picky eaters, going 'why is this so soft?' and devouring it like crazy!!

There were so many menu items I wanted to try other things, but the kids ate so well that every time a skewer came off the grill they'd open their mouths like baby birds lol lol I was too busy feeding them.... We never even got to look at other menu items and just kept reordering yang kkochi and lamb rib meat skewers, sticking to one thing 😂😂

Self-serve zone and the parking registration tip at World Tower 3

For extra side dishes, you can grab them yourself from the self-serve zone inside Sannaemaeul Yang Kkochi & Qingdao! We left around a little past 9pm, and even at that hour the restaurant was packed with people. There were a lot of families with kids too!

When we came out, I noticed there was another yang kkochi place right across the way, but choosing Sannaemaeul Yang Kkochi & Qingdao, the go-to spot in Unjeong New Town, was a genius move haha.

If you parked at World Tower 3, don't forget to register your parking when you pay on the way out!!

Final verdict on Sannaemaeul Yang Kkochi & Qingdao with kids

A yang kkochi place I never imagined bringing kids to! With smell-free, tender lamb rib meat skewers and friendly service, it was perfect — and the kids ate so~ well that next time I think I'll come back as a first stop instead of a second, so we can try more of the other menu items!! If you're in Unjeong looking for a special, delicious meat restaurant, definitely stop by Sannaemaeul Yang Kkochi & Qingdao!😄😄